Feb. 23, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5
In 2001, Spokane passed an ordinance prohibiting hard-core sex shops from being within 750 feet of schools, churches and other sex shops. According to some people, these shops are offensive …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5
When I read the viewpoints of those who write in, I’m reminded that discussing politics in this day and age is like talking to a wall. Those on the extreme …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5
Washington’s voters passed the current indoor air laws in 2005 with 64 percent of the vote. The message was clear: The voters do not want to be exposed to any …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in Letters, Opinion on Page B5
Mike Lee, in his letter of Feb. 5, mentions Gen. William Sherman burning his way across the South at the end of the Civil War. Mike writes that Sherman had …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in City, Outdoors on Page B6
BERKELEY, Calif. – It might be hard to conceive now, in an era of extreme sports and ultra-light equipment, but there was a time when Americans who set out to …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in City on Page B6
A nine-time convicted felon and reputed white supremacist got a wake-up call Friday morning from the Spokane police SWAT team, which took him into custody after finding drugs, guns, counterfeit …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in City on Page B6
East Sprague Avenue in Spokane Valley isn’t zoned to allow adult entertainment businesses and never has been, attorney Ken Harper argued Friday in a hearing on whether an adult retail …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C1
The Edmonton Oil Kings entered Friday night’s game in Spokane with the best penalty kill (90.1 percent) in the Western Hockey League. Edmonton, the third-ranked team in the Canadian Hockey …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C1
TUCSON, Ariz. – With his team riding a seven-game losing streak and entrenched in the Pac-12 cellar, Washington State men’s basketball coach Ken Bone knows what he wants to see …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C1
The West Coast Conference men’s basketball championship has always been a priority on Gonzaga’s checklist of goals. There was no check mark next to the regular-season title a year ago …
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Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C1
Until Manti Te’o’s girlfriend shows up in a remake of “Ghost,” sports will continue to get the back of Oscar’s hand. I mean, what’s the “sports” offering at Sunday’s Academy …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C2
Jim Boeheim slowed as he pedaled the stationary bicycle, his mind racing back more than three decades. “It was the premier rivalry during the history of the Big East,” Boeheim …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C2
Golf: And then there was one. One day after Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods went home, more top seeds followed Friday in the Match Play Championship. Masters champion Bubba Watson …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C2
Double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius was granted bail Friday, paving the way for him to be freed from custody pending his trial in the Valentine’s Day shooting death of his girlfriend …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C2
Hired Former Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine has been hired as the athletics director at Sacred Heart University. The university in Fairfield, Conn., said Friday that Valentine’s appointment will …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C3
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – It was the tweet read ’round the world. Brad Keselowski changed the NASCAR social media landscape forever last year when, during a lengthy delay in the …

Feb. 23, 2013 in Sports on Page C3
Washington Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez said tests for performance- enhancing drugs he was given by Major League Baseball have come back negative. Gonzalez and other players were listed in a …